Case study
Costs analysis of the treatment of imported malaria
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* Corresponding author: Viera Svihrova svihrova@jfmed.uniba.sk
1 Department of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Sklabinska 26, 037 53 Martin, Slovak Republic
2 Clinic of Infectology and Travel Medicine, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Kollarova 2, 036 59 Martin, Slovak Republic
3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Sklabinska 26, 037 53 Martin, Slovak Republic
4 Clinic of Urology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine Comenius University, Kollarova 2, 036 59 Martin, Slovak Republic
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-1
Published: 2 January 2012Abstract
Background
To document the status of imported malaria infections and estimate the costs of treating of patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of imported malaria in the Slovak Republic during 2003 to 2008.
Case study
Calculating and comparing the direct and indirect costs of treatment of patients diagnosed with imported malaria (ICD-10: B50 - B54) who used and not used chemoprophylaxis. The target sample included 19 patients diagnosed with imported malaria from 2003 to 2008, with 11 whose treatment did not include chemoprophylaxis and eight whose treatment did.
Results
The mean direct cost of malaria treatment for patients without chemoprophylaxis was 1,776.0 EUR, and the mean indirect cost 524.2 EUR. In patients with chemoprophylaxis the mean direct cost was 405.6 EUR, and the mean indirect cost 257.4 EUR.
Conclusions
The analysis confirmed statistically-significant differences between the direct and indirect costs of treatment with and without chemoprophylaxis for patients with imported malaria.